File:The Great Wave off Kanagawa-cutout.png

Summary

DescriptionThe Great Wave off Kanagawa-cutout.png	Although it is often used in tsunami literature, there is no reason to suspect that Hokusai intended it to be interpreted in that way. The waves in this work are sometimes mistakenly referred to as tsunami (津波), but they are more accurately called okinami (沖波), great off-shore waves.
Source	File:Tsunami_by_hokusai_19th_century.jpg
Author	Hokusai

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